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I am trying to write a short block of code that takes a partial filename as input from the command line, then searches multiple remote servers for any file that matches the pattern. If the pattern...

As I needed this script to function a couple of days ago, I aborted the "read from external file" concept and hard-coded the box names into a 'for' loop (per Just_Ice's original concept). It worked...

thestevew,

I created a ksh script that contains the 'while read' loop you described above, and added "echo $host" lines just inside the 'do' and 'done'. I also created a 'listofhostsfile'...

Thanks, thestevew! What's the "b" for at the end of the 'while' line? Typo?

Just_Ice:

I like the idea and the simplicity! Just wondering, is it (rsh $host "script") or (rsh $host -e "script")? A pal suggested using "-e", but I can't find that switch in the man pages.
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I have a script that generates an output file after pulling data from a local DB on one of my boxes. There are other nearly-identical boxes on the network, each with their own local DB, and I'd like...

Thanks for the advice! I was pretty sure that the ksh snippet was a kludge from someone who wasn't a pro either.

HOWEVER... I had a feeling that the popular answer would be to move everything...

I'm no unix pro for sure, but I have programmed enough other languages to usually get the job done in unix when I have to.

I'm currently trying to automate a manual diagnostic process. One of the...